Twenty-two years have passed since Itzhak Perlman made his iconic album of klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. The collection of traditional klezmer songs was also filmed as a PBS special, which earned Perlman his third Emmy Award, featuring the reigning violin virtuoso performing in Poland with the world’s finest klezmer musicians. In this live performance, Perlman revisits this meaningful, personal project, featuring music director Hankus Netsky on saxophone and piano, Andy Statman on clarinet and mandolin, members of the Brave Old World and Klezmer Conservatory Band and other special guests.

Established in 2007, Festival of the Arts BOCA was designed to promote the cultural arts and to enrich the quality of life of the residents of Boca Raton, North Broward and Palm Beach County.

Filmmaker Alison Chernic’s documentary, ‘Itzhak’ will have two screenings at DOC NYC Festival on Thursday, November 16, 2017,The entralling documentary offers a rare glimpse into the life of the greatest living violinist, Itzhak Perlman and features interviews with his family, his friends and colleagues. Wheelchair-bound from childhood polio, he recounts stories of overcoming obstacles with his talent and humor. We follow him in eclectic settings, from performing with Billy Joel to visiting his native land, Israel. The film offers a poignant portrait of an artist seeking to bridge the past and the present and, through his students, the future.

Don’t miss two of the greatest violinists of our time – perhaps of all time – in one of the classical season’s hottest tickets! Be there for the dazzling, dueling virtuosity of these two inimitable artists in New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 18, 2017, 7:30 PM.

Though he has already received a GRAMMY� Lifetime Achievement Award, Itzhak Perlman remains a compelling, vital artist, performing today with greater joy than ever before. “His playing has gained in expressivity,” The Los Angeles Times recently wrote.

For more than four decades, Pinchas Zukerman has been a classical phenomenon – as violinist, violist, conductor and chamber musician. “The thing about Zukerman is that he just keeps getting better,” raves The Miami Herald. “He could have rested on his laurels – yet here he (is), more passionate than ever.” Itzhak Perlman. Pinchas Zukerman. violins Program to be announced

Itzhak Perlman helped the 2017 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra tour get off to a brilliant start last week in New York as a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall.

Itzhak Perlman was joined by Pinchas Zukerman, for a special evening featuring an all-Mozart program. Maestro Mehta recently announced that he will be stepping down from his post as Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2019, marking 51 years of making music together. This one-night-only performance saluted his notable legacy and celebrates his extraordinary achievements as Music Director for Life.

We applaud Maestro Zubin Mehta on this tour that celebrates his unprecedented 50 years conducting this orchestra.